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Most of the drones were shot down, but Kyiv's depleted air defences did not intercept any of the missiles.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Under plans set to be announced at a news conference later, the Royal Navy would intercept migrant boats in the Channel and return them to France or Belgium.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Ukraine's air force said it managed to intercept 55 missiles and 265 drones launched by Moscow.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Destinus, MBDA, Safran, Airbus and Thales signed a letter of intent to develop the Bliksem EXO system to intercept ballistic missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Agents managed to intercept Cornwallis’s encrypted reports to Clinton during the siege of Yorktown, and James Lovell cracked the code that Cornwallis used.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

A top FBI official recently revealed that the bureau does have the authority to make such intercepts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Israel's army sometimes intercepts drones that cross the border, but also often loses contact with the small, low-flying devices.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

SkyFall’s P1-Sun intercepts other drones, like Russia’s versions of Iran’s Shahed drones.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

For more than two decades, Unit 8200, a covert Israeli intelligence unit that specializes in phone intercepts and cyber operations, tracked Khamenei and Iran’s top leadership, mapping their daily routines and habits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Soon thousands of radio intercepts were pouring into her office, just as they had done during the rumrunner days.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Moscow's mayor said Wednesday the country's air defences had intercepted and destroyed at least 10 drones heading toward the Russian capital.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Coast Guard says it intercepted a panga boat carrying more than 21 migrants Wednesday more than 70 miles offshore of the Southern California Coast, with one unresponsive man on board who later died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling put some limits on the government’s ability to immediately send back migrants intercepted at sea, though legal experts told Reuters that this does not prevent their eventual expulsion.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

The air force said it had intercepted 54 out of 61 Russian cruise missiles fired, and 265 out of 284 Russian long-range drones based on the Iranian Shahed design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Harry — I cant say everything I would like to in a letter, it’s too risky in case the owl is intercepted — we need to talk face-to-face.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

On eight of the last 14 days, Jordan’s military has reported on its website intercepting missiles or drones fired from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Bliksem EXO system is designed to close a gap in European defenses by intercepting medium- and intermediate-range missiles in space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The RAF's Typhoon jets, in service since 2004 and now to be extended to the 2040s, will remain the primary means of intercepting drones and cruise missiles.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

In “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks, threat actors are intercepting and storing massive volumes of encrypted data, which they intend to decode as soon as more mature quantum technology becomes available.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Thanks in no small part to her decryptions, the Coast Guard was intercepting many more rumrunners, depriving the crime bosses of their profits.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield